Structural changes in basic economic indicators, changes in traditional role patterns, and in female employment behavior shed light on the performance of the European labor markets in the 90s. This paper focuses on the cyclical sensitivity of women's employment status and earnings position in...

Using longitudinal data from the GSOEP-PSID Equivalent File 1980-2002 we analyze the extent and structure of intergenerational occupational mobility and the determinants of occupational choice in Germany and the United States � two countries with different social role patterns. We find...

The article directs attention to the structuring effects of humancapital variables and family-background characteristics on labor supply decisions, occupational segregation, and intergenerational income mobility in the United States and Germany - two countries with different institutional labor...

Based on longitudinal data from the Cross-National Equivalent File 1980-2008 (CNEF 1980-2008) the paper analyzes the extent and structure of the intergenerational transmission of economic (dis)advantages in Germany, the United States, and Great Britain – countries with different family role...

Based on nationally representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), and the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) we analyze the intergenerational transmission of economic and social (dis-)advantages in Germany, the United States and...

Based on longitudinal data (CNEF 1980 – 2010) the paper analyzes the structuring effects of individual and family background characteristics on occupational choice in Germany, the United States, and Great Britain. We start from the hypothesis that the intergenerational transmission of...

Based on longitudinal data (CNEF 1980-2010) the paper analyzes the structuring effects of individual and family background characteristics on occupational preferences, and the influence of occupational segregation on gender wage differentials in Germany, Great Britain, and the United States....

Using SOEP-PSID data we analyze the impact of human capital and family background characteristics on intergenerational income mobility for two age cohorts in Germany and the United States. The results reveal a higher intergenerational persistence of economic status and a more pronounced...